Cynthia
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Greek epithet of Artemis, 'from Mount Cynthus'
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 62 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
/sɪnθiə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Cynthia is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 70th most common given name.
- GHGhana≈1 in 354(inferred from the name graph)
- KEKenya≈1 in 364
- CACanada≈1 in 500
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #175 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 621 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 354 (inferred from the name graph)
597,780 people, 2020
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Ghana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Greek epithet of Artemis, 'from Mount Cynthus'
Cited for this meaning 1
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Cynthia, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Cynthia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #70 | 597,780 | 1 in 556 | 597K | Cynthia | 621 |
| NG Nigeria | #245 | ≈150,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Cynthia | 109 |
| KE Kenya | #111 | ≈150,000 est. | ≈1 in 364 | — | Cynthia | 68 |
| GB United Kingdom | #129 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 573 | 3 | Cynthia | 240 |
| EG Egypt | #496 | ≈89,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Cynthia | 34 |
| GH Ghana | #103 | ≈83,000 est. | ≈1 in 354 | — | Cynthia | 75 |
| CA Canada | #82 | ≈75,000 est. | ≈1 in 500 | 2 | Cynthia | 287 |
| SG Singapore | #46 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 542 | — | Cynthia | 110 |
597,780 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Cynthia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Of the moon; an alternative name for Artemis, Greek moon goddess
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In French, From Greek Kynthia, epithet of Artemis from Mount Cynthus.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In English, Artemis (Greek goddess).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, Se Cindy.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In French, Origine grecque; signifie « du mont Cynthos ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burmab. 1901GBnot in their usual nameBritish aristocrat (1901-1960)
- Cynthia Powellb. 1939GBformer wife of John Lennon (1939-2015)
- Cynthia A. Prattb. 1945BSBahamian politician
- Cyndi Lauperb. 1953USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
- Cynthia Rhodesb. 1956USAmerican actress, singer, and dancer (born 1956)
- Cindy Kirob. 1958NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand Governor-General, former academic and social justice advocate
- Cynthia Nixonb. 1966USAmerican actress and politician
- Cynthia Watrosb. 1968USAmerican actress
- Jesse Janeb. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress (1980–2024)
- Cynthia Erivob. 1987GBBritish actress and singer-songwriter (born 1987)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)102 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 62 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 597K | #71 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 454 | #71 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 247 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 28 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2003 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2022 | 3 | #760 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 2 | #1,544 |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Cynthia mean, and where does it come from?
- Greek epithet of Artemis, 'from Mount Cynthus' Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- What are other forms of the name Cynthia?
- In the etymology graph, Cintia, Cinzia and Sintija are forms of the same name in other languages; Cindy, Cindi and Cyndi are recorded short or pet forms.
- In which country does Cynthia have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 598 thousand people named Cynthia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cynthia.
- Is Cynthia a male or female name?
- Cynthia is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), France (INSEE, 2024), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and Netherlands (Meertens NVB), among others.
- How do you pronounce Cynthia?
- A machine transcription gives /sɪnθiə/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Cynthia?
- In the United States, the national register counted 597,780 people named Cynthia in 2020, about 1 in 556 residents.
- How common is Cynthia compared with other names?
- In the United States, Cynthia is the 70th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/cynthiaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cynthia” — the 70th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.